Confederate Vets Hold Grand 1906 Reunion At Roff Oklahoma
A historic 1906 reunion for Confederate Veterans in Roff Oklahoma drew attendees from the Chickasaw nation and beyond. Led by speaker Hon. L Linebaugh of Atoka, the three day event showcased warm hospitality and celebratory southern memory amid dwindling veteran ranks.
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Pontotoc County
W. B. Cantwel
Johnny Rebs
Poff
Lee
Roff
Chickasaw
I Linebaugh
Atoka
Linebaugh
Congress
Gala Day in Town Annals Highlights and Election Toasts
Recap of a community gala featuring a celebrated speech by a young Atoka attorney, praise for evangelist Dr. Fife of Kansas City, and the band’s performance. The event showcases Veterans and Sons of Veterans groups and notes upcoming brigade commander elections on Saturday with candidates Vaden, Hargis, and Hayden.
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Linebaugh
Atoka
Fife
Kansas City
Roff
Veterans and
Sons of Veterans
Whit Hayden
Davie Farris
East Chickasaw Nation
Sweet Little Miss Hayden
Ethel Richardson
Nora Harbert
Irene McPherson
Insurance Boosts Wheat Producers Despite Drought Lands
David Gray of the county AAA committee says crop insurance covers 75 percent of the wheat crop and keeps insured farmers competitive as pests floods and rust slow harvest. With wheat near 1.00 a bushel and loan rates at 1.12, parity around 1.14, insured growers face a strong price. July 14 opens signup for 1942 crop insurance, reflecting rising policy uptake after 1939 3.43 percent, 1940 22 518, and 1941 25 092 applications.
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David Gray
AAA Committee
Pontotoc County
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Gray
C.p
Wewoka Police Chief Suspended Amid Arrests and Crimes Ties
Wewoka chief of police Grover Harrison, 40, suspended by Mayor J I Ligon after arrest and felony charges. Special deputy Frank Loftis and other local figures including Ben Fry Iris Woodward and relatives face connections to five crimes from theater robbery to arson and whiskey cache robbery in Seminole and Okfuskee counties. County and state officers prepared to file formal complaints.
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Wewoka
Grover Harrison
J. I. Ligon
Harrison
Frank Loftis
Seminole County
Ben Fry
Oklahoma City
Okfuskee County
Dangerous Asylum Escape Was Not Dangerous Farce
A Friday Ada police search for an escaped asylum inmate turned out to be a false alarm. The man, not dangerous, had been released for treatment and returned home under watch. County Judge Hoyt Driskill confirmed the release, and the case ended with no danger to the public.
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Ada
Norman
State Hospital
Hoyt Driskill
Johnston county net valuation falls in 1930 figures
Johnston county reports a 1930 net valuation of 4 786 885 dollars, down 154 215 from 4 941 098. Chief causes include 11 000 acres county land and 7 000 acres state school land not sold yet and an increased homestead exemption of 53 063 dollars as assessed by Clarence Jenkins.
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Tishomingo
Johnston County
Clarence Jenkins
Tishomingo Restores Water Pump. Repairs Underway
City water workers brought the old pump back into service this week as Water Superintendent Raymond Haley planned to fix breaks in the Spring Creek line. The water tower is undergoing a full overhaul with a new top, overflow pipe, installed gauges, interior cleaning, and setup for a chlorenator.
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Tishomingo
Raymond Haley
Spring Creek
Johnston County Schools Plan Multiple Summer Sessions
Seven Johnston county schools are already in session and 15 more expect to open summer terms starting Monday, per County Superintendent Earl McDonald. Schools that began last week include Frisco Norris Chapel Reagan Browns Valley Jackson Prairie View Bold Springs. Others slated to start Monday are Bee Nida Bullard Chapel Coatsworth Fillmore Coleman Folsom Connerville Pontotoc Enterprise Oak Grove Eli Chapel Milburn and Troy. Fillmore will not have a high school this year. a single unit transportation system will operate and students likely will attend Milburn.
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Tishomingo
Johnston County
Earl McDonald
Frisco
Norris Chapel
Reagan
Browns Valley
Jackson
Prairie View Ari
Bold Springs
Bee Nida
Bullard Chapel
Coatsworth
Fillmore
Coleman
Folsom
Connerville
Pontotoc
Enterprise
Oak Grove
Eli Chapel
Milburn
Troy
Pipeline Work Advances to Stanolind Station Process
Workers started laying the pipeline from Pure Field to the Stanolind station at Fittstown this week. The Pure crew aims to complete the line as part of the national oil supply setup, with an estimated time of six weeks to two months to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Fittstown
Boy Scouts Clean Up Campaign Planned Here Saturday
On Saturday July 26 the Boy Scouts will complete a local cleanup drive. Citizens are urged to place rubbish in accessible containers for pickup by a truck. The housing will be done free and all scouts plan to meet at Mr Burgess place.
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Stratford
Boy Scouts
Resignation of Coal County Attorney Dale Brown
Dale Brown resigns as Coal county attorney effective July 10 due to ill health. Judge H. M. Shirley appointed to fill the vacancy by the board of county commissioners. Shirley has long ties to the area including Coal Gate and past roles as county superintendent and special justice of the eighth district supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Dale Brown
Coal County
H. M. Shirley
Board of County Commissioners
Shirley
Clarita
Centrahoma
Wardville
Supreme Court
Coal County U.S.O. Drive Raises Over Target
Coal County residents contributed at least 300 dollars toward a United Service Organizations drive led by Robert M. Lacy and Carl Portman. The quota was 250 dollars and final tallies were not yet complete.
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Coalgate
United Service Organizations
Coal County
Robert M. Lacy
U.S.O
Carl Portman
Coal County Chamber of Commerce
Work Underway On New Northeast Coalgate Coal Mine
Workers including Joe Leone Matt Peters Bill Nelson Ben Julian and Ed Sandretto began three weeks ago to open a mine in northeast Coalgate just east of the QO C A railroad. Slope reaches coal but tipple and public operation expected weeks away with a road planned to the Coal gate Cottonwood highway.
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Coalgate
QO. C. A
Joe Leone
Matt Peters
Bill Nelson
Ben Julian
Ed Sandretto
Cottonwood
Atoka Rodeo Set for July Fourth Weekend
General Chairman Ferman Phillips mobilizes volunteers for the Fourth Annual Atoka Rodeo opening July 24 25 27 with a long list of lieutenants preparing cinch belts buckles and spurs. Tom Curtis reports a 30 car booster tour touring Coalgate Stonewall and Ada, then turning south.
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Atoka
Ferman Phillips
Tom Curtis
Coalgate
Stonewall
Ada
Rupert L. Jones Re-elected Chamber Leader in Antlers
Rupert L. Jones was re-elected president of the Antlers Chamber of Commerce at a regular board meeting held at the Methodist church last Monday night. Byron C. Loy was named first vice president Lewis Isbell second vice president Harold J. Smith treasurer and R. A. Brizham secretary.
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Antlers
Rupert L. Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church
Byron C. Loy
Lewis Isbell
Harold J. Smith
R. A. Brizham
Bradley son of Dela couple weds after earning wings
Eugene Bradley son of Mr and Mrs C C Bradley of Dela celebrated winning his wings by marrying Miss Anna Mae Blackerwick of San Antonio. He is stationed at Long Island New York where he and Mrs Bradley reside.
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Antlers
Eugene Bradley
C. C. Bradley
Dela
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Young Bradley
Anna Mae Blackerwick
Eugene
Long Island
New York
Mrs. Bradley
Uncle Sam's Perfect Creditor Declines Interest
An elderly man in St Louis refused to take interest on postal savings certificates saying no one should want interest on money invested with the government in times like these. The incident puzzled post office employees as the man stood firm against collecting any earnings.
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ST. Louis
Uncle Sam
Bill Wilson Jr. joins Seminole church and radio program
Bill Wilson Jr formerly of 717 West Second is now employed at Seminole. He was a member of the East Central male quartet and currently sings in a Seminole church and on a Sunday radio program at Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Wilson, Jr
717 West Second
Seminole
East Central
Shawnee
Marriage Licenses Issued in Saturday Court Clerk Office
The court clerk's office issued licenses to Roy Williams 24 of Roff and Nan Howard 18 of Lawrence along with S B Brumley 56 of Steedman and Nancy Watts 42 of Maxwell and Troy Shackelford 23 of Stratford and Margaret Eddye Krueger 18 of Maxwell.
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Roy Williams
Roff
Nan Howard
Lawrence
S. B. Brumley
Steedman
Nancy Watts
Maxwell
Troy Shackelford
Stratford
Margaret Eddye Krueger
Oklahoma Weekend Traffic Death Toll Rises With Three Killed
Three Oklahomans died in weekend crashes and two more from last week injuries. Mrs. O D Almack 40 and daughter Twila 16 near Blackwell Kay county perished in a two car collision. Marshall high school student Alford Parsons was killed in Cajon Pass California. Walter Jackson Cox 8 of Blackwell and Fred Gable 58 of Wheatland died from other incidents.
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Associated Press
O. D. Almack
Twila
Braman
Kay County
St Brant
Marshall
Cleveland
Pawnee County
Walter Jackson Cox
Blackwell
Fred Gable
Wheatland
Baker
Calif
Curtis Hardy
Okla
Wayne Jones
Arkansas
Cox
C. E. Cox
Gable
Bitten in Oklahoma Treated in Gotham
Kathleen Ann Hudson a four-year-old Tulsa Oklahoma girl is under treatment for possible rabies after contact with a cat that died from rabies. She was placed under observation as investigators searched the eastern seaboard from Washington to New England while the Hudson family traveled to Canada. The child was taken to Willard Parker Hospital after a guide spotted the car entering Manhattan via the Holland tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kathleen Ann Hudson
Henry H. Hudson
Tulsa
Okla
Washington
New England
Canada
Manhattan
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey
Hudson
Willard Parker Hospi
Boy Drowns In Farm Pond Near Lawton
Lawton Oklahoma July 21 George Williams Jr two years old drowned last night in a farm pond near his home six miles south of Lawton The body was found by a filling station employee
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Lawton
Okla
George Williams Jr
Here
Oklahoma Labor Leader Mae C. Erbacher Dies at 60
Mae C. Erbacher, aged 60, died at her Oklahoma City home after a long illness. A longtime member of the Oklahoma Federation of Labor since 1996, she was the federation’s only woman to hold office, serving as vice president.
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Oklahoma City
Mae C. Erbacher
Oklahoma Federation of Labor
State draft call issued for August induction
Oklahoma draft officials announced a call for 568 white registrants to be inducted August 18 to 22. Orders will go to 105 local draft boards today and tomorrow to fill the requisition, the thirteenth such call since last autumn. Local boards expect it may exclude newly registered 21 year olds until master lists arrive from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Army
Oklahoma
Fred Shaw
Washington
Shaw
Two Cabin Planes Collide Over Lake Claremore Kill Two
Two small cabin planes collided overhead near Lake Claremore and fell 1200 feet into the water killing Ernest Johnson 19 and Raymond Nustedde 18. Passenger Ray Mutzig 27 parachuted to safety. The crash occurred as Mutzig’s plane struck the other. bodies recovered after three hours.
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Claremore
Ptwo
Lake Claremore
Ernest Johnson
Miami
Raymond Nustedde
Bixby
Ray Mutzig
Tahlequah
Nustedde
Mutzig
Walter Boyd
Johnson
Halliburton Plans Memphis Tanker Plant for Trailer Barges
Erle P. Halliburton announced a plan to visit Memphis to survey sites for a factory to build a new type of oil tanker designed as rapidly constructed barges. The idea, linked to trailer tankers proposed with Oil Administrator Ickes, aims to transport southwest crude to eastern refineries and may reduce the need for an East Texas to New Jersey pipeline. Trials are under way at the Stephens Institute in New York City.
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Duncan
Erle P. Halliburton
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company
Memphis
Tenn
Halliburton
Leon C Phillips
Oklahoma City
Ickes
Gulf
Eastern
Phillips
Washington
East Texas
New Jersey
Mississippi River
Stunt horse leaps over stand injuring four spectators
In Kingston Pennsylvania yesterday a stunt horse named Mint d Or leaped over a refreshment stand, injuring four spectators as rider Daniel Morziani aged 17 described the horse was misled by pennants on the stand during a high jump at a horse show.
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Kingston
Daniel Morziani
Mint d
Assessment hike urged for Oklahoma counties 5 to 20 percent
Oklahoma state tax commission recommends blanket assessment increases from 5 to 20 percent for 34 counties if approved by the state board of equalization. Governors and officials push valuations up to the state average, with hearings anticipated and major counties listed with specific percentage boosts and valuations.
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Oklahoma City
State Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Phillips
State Board
Frank C. Carter
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Weevils Threaten Oklahoma Cotton Crops
Stillwater Oklahoma July 21 Boll weevils damage thousands of acres of cotton in areas south of a lime from Walters through Seminole to Muskogee. Entomologist F A Fenton of Oklahoma A and M says the spread is continuing and dusting with calcium arsenate is advised when 10 to 35 percent of squares show damage.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Walters
Seminole
Muskogee
F. A. Fenton
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Fenton
Gasoline Plant In Seminole Resumes Operations After Blaze
The Sinclair Prairie gasoline plant near Seminole reopened at 3 30 p m with eight units running and ten more to start, less than 24 hours after a massive blaze destroyed 30 storage tanks and caused 850000 dollars in damage. Fatalities included Mrs Mary Elizabeth Sackfield and Frank R Vaughn. injuries and extensive property losses left many homeless. A federal investigator arrived but there were no sabotege indications.
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Seminole
Sinclair-Prairie
H. W. Bogess
Tulsa
W. M. Newport
Sinclair Prairie Company
Mary Elizabeth Sackfield
C. E. Davis
Frank R. Vaughn
C. R. Haskins
Everett Broadnax
Foydeell
Betty Lou
Broadnax
Sinclair Prairie
Haskins, Davis
L. B. Jolley
Offices Looted In Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls two bank building offices were looted by gunmen who held an elevator operator under guard for about forty five minutes. About 100 to 150 dollars vanished from the Wilson Insurance Finance company while an undetermined sum was taken from Buntin Finance. Safe doors were hinged. The building’s cigar counter was robbed as well. The elevator operator, a nakedly named black man, was the only other person in the building.
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Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls Bank
Wilson Insurance & Finance Company
First National Bank
Buntin Finance Company
State Companies Share New Contracts
War department announced contracts to Phillips Petroleum Co of Bartlesville for aircraft fuel worth $155,580 W Frank Little Construction Co of Oklahoma City for converting coal burning equipment to gas burning at Fort Sill for $37,106 and Tulsa Rig Reel and Manufacturing Co of Tulsa for construction of service clubs theater and guest house at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for $160,300. Delivery and completion dates were not announced.
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Washington
War Department
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
W. Frank Little Construction Co., Inc
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Tulsa Rig, Reel and Manufacturing Co
Tulsa
Fort Leonard Wood
Willie Lou Collins Death Notice
Willie Lou Collins aged 10 months died Sunday at 3 a.m. at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Rosedale cemetery with Rev. Dillard officiating. Smith Funeral Home in charge. Survivors are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Collins of 300 East Eighth.
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Willie Lou Collins
Rosedale Cemetery
Rev
Dillard
Smith Funeral Home
Jim Collins
East Eighth
Regulations on Peanuts Set by Agricultural Adjustment Admin
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced marketing regulations for the 1941 peanut crop. Quotas tie to the farm’s 1941 acreage allotment, with three penalty levels for excess sales, and cards indicating within, limited, or excess marketing. Buyers must keep records and remit penalties to the state AAA office. equipment operators must record peanuts handled.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Conservation Program
David Gay
County Aaa Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Allen Oil Man Floyd Heddleston Dies At 50
Floyd Heddleston a longtime Allen oil driller and independent operator died Saturday at his home in Allen. He was 50. Funeral service will be held at 3 PM today at the Baptist church with burial in Allen cemetery. Survived by widow Ann, daughter Helen Jo, and three sons Bill C M and Daniel Glen Heddleston. He helped develop the Allen field and served as production superintendent for the Homaokh company. Oil men in the area mourn his loss.
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Floyd Heddleston
Allen
Baptist Church
Ann Heddleston
Helen Jo
Bill
C. M
Daniel Glen Heddleston
Heddleston
Homaokh Company
Hubert Pegg
First Half of 1941 Prosperous In State
Norman Oklahoma July 19 The first six months of 1941 were very profitable for Oklahoma business the University of Oklahoma bulletin reports Increased agricultural income and industrial payrolls plus higher employment drive the gain Agricultural cash income for the first four months of 1941 reached 46 200 000 a 31 rise over 1940 data Business bulletin attributes the improvement to farm and industrial sectors.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Business Bulletin
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W. B. Cantwell
Ardmore
Mill Creek
Madill
Wapanucka
Bernie Goldfield
Crowley Lake
Chockie
Limestone Gap
Tipperary School
Crowley
Bogzy Creek
Royal Air Force
Durant
Bakersfield
California
Dallas
Texas
Moran Morris
Boxe
Tyro Aviator
England
Clark
Karl Andrews
Norman Drake
Gotham
Adair
Beckham
Blaine
Bryan
Caddo
Comanche
Creek
Dewey
Garfield
Garvin
Grady
Grant
Greer
Harmon
Hughes
Kay
Kingfisher
LeFlore
McClain
Major
Noble
Okfuskee
Osage
Payne
Pottawatomie
Stephens
Tillman
Washita
Woods
A.&m
Jake Sims
Federal Breau of Investigation
Sims
Allen Oil
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